Preparation for the OLSAT®,
CogAT®, Naglieri (NNAT®), TAG, GATE test, and other standardized gifted and
talented testing with Kindergarten
Test Study System

Kindergarten Test Study System (KTSS) provides optimal and trusted* preparation for
the OLSAT®, CogAT®, Naglieri (NNAT®),
TAG, and GATE tests, which are commonly administered
to children for admission to gifted and talented programs. KTSS also develops
skills assessed by the WPPSI® and Stanford-Binet®
assessments.

Here's how KTSS works:

Step 1

With Thinking Skills for Tests,
children learn 9 critical thinking skills and apply them to a practice
test format. First, children learn basic skills (such as the
process of elimination). Next, they use their newly acquired
skills to solve more complex problems.

Thinking Skills for Tests consists of two books, one that contains
materials for children, and one that's an adult's script.
The adult's script is based on research about test-taking and tells a parent
exactly what to say to help a child learn and practice skills at
an optimal level. $24.98click below for printable samples:sample from parent's scriptsample from child's
workbook

KTSS materials are published by the Critical
Thinking Company, which provides the #1 selling products for
potentially gifted and talented children used by public and private
gifted and talented programs. Their products are recommended by Mensa,
Learning, The Well Trained Mind, Dr. Toy, and
Creative Child.

Step 2

Mind Benders®,
which appears to be a simple series of charts, is actually an
award-winning** deductive reasoning tool used for practice in the basic yet critically
important reasoning that underlies all of testing.
$9.99 click here for
printable sample

Step 3

Can You Find Me?
helps children listen carefully to questions as they are read aloud,
which is how tests are administered to young children. This
makes listening a key skill to practice. Presented in an
engaging, fun format, children receive specialized
practice in listening carefully and thinking about concepts assessed in
testing.
$16.99
click here for printable sample

The entire system is $51.96 and takes about seven 30-minute sessions to
complete.

*To assure adherence to guidelines of the American
Psychological Association and the National Council on Measurement in
Education, KTSS (the original Thinking Skills for Tests) was
developed in consultation with members of those organizations' ethics
committees. KTSS was also shared with the publisher of the OLSAT®,
the NNAT®, and the WPPSI® to ensure security of those assessments. In keeping with
ethical guidelines, KTSS allows optimal
performance without misrepresenting a child's ability.

**Mind Benders® has received the
Creative Child Preferred Choice Award, the Practical Homeschooling Logic Award, and the
Cathy Duffy Top 100 Award.